Ponticola gorlap

Ponticola gorlap
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Gobiiformes
Family:Gobiidae
Genus:Ponticola
Species: P. gorlap
Binomial name
Ponticola gorlap
(Iljin, 1949)
Synonyms
  • Neogobius kessleri gorlap Iljin, 1949
  • Neogobius gorlap Iljin, 1949
  • Neogobius iljini Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1996

Ponticola gorlap, or the Caspian bighead goby, is a species of goby, a benthic fish native to the Caspian Sea basin. It is widespread in lower parts of many rivers in Iran, and also found in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.[2] In Russia, it occurred in the lowest part of the Volga River up to Astrakhan until 1977, but has thereafter spread upstream. In 2000 it was recorded as being established in the Ivankovo and Rybinsk Reservoirs in the Moscow region, and already invaded the Don drainage by way of the Volga-Don Canal in 1972.[3] This species occurs in sheltered environments, such as inshore fresh or brackish waters of estuaries, lagoons, lakes and large rivers, where it prefers habitats with a well vegetated rock or firmly packed sand substrate. It can reach a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL, and a common size is 12 centimetres (4.7 in) SL.[3]

  1. ↑ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Ponticola gorlap". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: T188114A8642335. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Brian W. Coad Freshwater Fishes of Iran (accessed 18 Feb 2015)
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Ponticola gorlap" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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